Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Nemichthyidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Anguilliformes Genus Serrivomer | |
Similar Shortnose spurdog, Bignose shark, Milk shark, Reticulate whipray, Bluespotted cornetfish | ||
The Black sawtoothed eel (Serrivomer brevidentatus) is an eel in the family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels). It was described by Louis Roule and Léon Bertin in 1929, originally as a subspecies of Serrivomer sector. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the eastern and western Atlantic Ocean, including the Strait of Gibraltar, Cape Verde, and the United States. It dwells at a depth range of 150-6000 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 60 centimetres.
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